A Complex Giving Structure Enables Quiet Donations

By Ben Gose

Foster Friess, who earned a fortune as a mutual-fund manager, and his wife, Lynn, use a complicated structure for their philanthropy, and it is difficult to tell from public documents exactly how much they are giving away and to which charities.

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